Journal box packing retainer



1954 J. c. KOSTOLNIK 2,687,333

JOURNAL BOX PACKING RETAINER Filed Feb. 5, 1951 2. Sheets-Sheet l Joseph C. Kasto/ni/r INVENTOR.

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Aug. 24, 1954 J. c. KOSTOLNIK JOURNAL BOX PACKING RETAINER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 5 1951 Joseph ,6. Kosto/n/lr INVENTOR.

BY um Patented Aug. 24, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOURNAL BOX PACKING RETAINER Joseph 0. Kostolnik, Phoenix, Ariz.

Application February 5, 1951, Serial No. 209,397

4 Claims.

This invention relates to railway car journal boxes and more particularly to an improved packing retainer therefor.

In providing for the lubrication of railway car axles, the car journal boxes are partially filled with packing or waste material which is satu rated with oil or lubricant and suihcient amount of this saturated packing material is packed into each journal box to fill the lower part of the box from the front to the back. During use, however, the packing has a tendency to stick to the journal, especially in cold weather, causing the mass of packing to roll out of place in the journal box. This displacement or shifting of the packing carrying the lubricant out of position to provide proper lubrication of the axle is further accelerated by the constantvertical and horizontal vibration and joltin of the journal box during movement of the train over the rails. As a result of this shifting and settling of the lubricant carrier, the journal is not properly lubricated, the consequence being that the journal becomes overheated and damaged.

It is the principal object of this invention to overcome, or at least greatly lessen, these difliculties and provide a retainer for the lubricant carrier packing material which will keep the same in place while permitting the packing to be rolled over occasionally during use to aid in the application of lubricant to the journal.

A further object is to provide a retainer and packing assembly wherein the packing is retained in the form of rolls, being yieldably held in contact with the journal or axle.

The invention also consists in certain new and original features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed. Various other objects and advantages will be apparent as the invention is described in more detail.

Although the novel features which are believed to be characteristic of this invention will be pointed out more particularly in the appended claims, the invention itself as to its further objects and advantages, and manner in which it may be carried out, may be better understood by referring to the following description taken in connection With the accompanyin drawings in which a specific embodiment thereof has been set forth for purposes of illustration.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through a railway car journal box equipped with a packing retainer of the present invention, and showing the car wheel axle broken away;

Figure 2 is a similar sectional view as in Figl the parts, the pivoted front wire guard or retainer member being shown in dotted lines;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the lines 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of packing retainer basket member;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the strap for supporting the packing retainer basket illustrated in Figure 4 Figure 6 is a fragmentary detail sectional view and taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure l and looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary detail sectional view on an enlarged scale illustrating the construction of the pivoted front wire member of the packing supporting basket and the cooperatin slotted lower part of the same for receiving a centering prong formed on the wire member.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings and wherein like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several figures, the numeral It indicates a conventional railway journal box having the usual hinged cover 12, car wheel axle or journal M with integral collar It. The journal box comprises a bottom portion Is for receiving lubricant and on top of the journal I4 is mounted the brass bearin member 20, wedge 22 and wedge stop 24. Suitably supported by the brass bearing 28 is a packing and retainer assembly generally indicated at 26 on Figure 1.

The packing and retainer assembly 26 comprises an open-ended basket member 28 for retaining the packing or waste material in the form of rolls 3!), which are saturated With lubricating oil and preferably are of different sizes, the larger packing rolls being disposed beneath the journal as illustrated in Figure l. The basket for retaining the packing rolls comprises a substantially semi-circular trough-shaped metal sheet 32 which is perforated in the bottom portion, as at 34. Preferably, the metal sheet member 32 is formed from spring metal andis shaped to a smaller radius than the sides of the journal box, as illustrated in Figure 1, so that when the packin rolls are being inserted in place the metal sheet 32 may be sprun outwardly to receive the same whereas during use the spring metal sheet will yieldably press the packing rolls in contact with the journal.

To retain the packing rolls against upward movement and out of the basket 28, retaining wires 36 and 38 are mounted at opposite sides of the sheet 32, being secured at their ends to the inside of the curved sheet 32, as at 4|], and extending upwardly above the plane of the top edges of the sheet and then bent inwardly to provide opposed longitudinally extending wire rails spaced above and inwardly of the top edges of the curved sheet 32. At the front of the basket 23, a U-shaped retainer wire 42 is provided which is pivotally securedat its upper endssto-the opposed inturned wire flange portions 44on the longitudinally extending wires 36 and 38, the front retainer-wire 42 being adapted to be swung outwardly to gain access to the packing rolls. To suitably fasten the retainer wire 42 in place, the

same is provided with a depending integral loop 46 which is adapted to yieldably -en age over aninverted U-shaped lug 48 formed in the bottom front part of the sheet metal portion #32, and rest in a longitudinalslot 50 formed in the perforatedsheet metal portion immediately behind the-lugr48; To keep the-retainer wire 42 centered properly, an integral forwardly extending prongfil is formed onthe lower portion of the loop 45, the prong .151 ,beinQyieldably interlocked in. the. inverted U-shapedlug portion 49 by the packing rolls 38, as shown in Figure 7, The side retainenwiresylili land 38 andthe front retainer wire 42 are preferably made of brass or the like material which will-not scratch the journal should it rub .thereagainst. The opposite end of the basket 2B is left open inasmuch as the collar 52 on thejournal and ibackiwall of the journal box suitably prevents thepacking from becoming displaced from the retainer-basket.

A strap 54, which, is semi-circular in cross section-andxshaped generally in conformity with the basket 28 1s. arranged to support the same-on the bearing member 20 as illustrated in t Figure 3.

The strap 54, assh'owrr in. Figure 5, comprises a curved metal sheet having the upstanding spaced lugs 56, 51, 58 and 59:. Lugsyiifiiaand 591are arrangedto fit behind the wedge stop 24 while the lugs 56and 51 areprovidedwith. Lzshaped bracke ets Bilzhavingthe inwardly'extending diametrically opposed-flanges 62 which are adapted to rest onl-the. surface'ofthe flange 6410f the bearing, member- 28' as illustrated in Figure 3;.

Onpthe inside-central rear portion of the strap 54 :there is an upstandingzlug, 66 suitably secured thereto; as by. riveting or welding which is adapted .to fit'into and extend through a complementary inverted. ueshaped loop portion 68 formed in the perforated metal sheet 32,, and beingan integral extension of the loop portion at.

of its latching slot 50 and swinging the same outwardly. The perforated spring metal sheet 32 maintains the packing rolls up against the journal and the perforations in the bottom of the sheet 32 permit oil seepage to the packing material. The longitudinally extending inwardly turned groove along the bottom of the sheet 32 and defining the loop portions 48 and 68 permit lubricating oil to flow readily towards the back end of thejournal box whereby all sections of the journal are kepteficiently lubricated. The retainin Wires 36 and 38 keep the packing rolls from rising out of the basket 28. During use the packing rolls arepreferably turned over occasionally in order to aid in the lubrication of the journal.

Whilecertain novel features'of the invention have been disclosed and are pointed out in the annexed claims, it will be understood that variations, omissions, substitutions and changes may be :made by thoseskilled in the art" without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.

Having describedthe invention, What is claimed as new is:

1.: A packing retainer for a journal box having ajournal therein and .an upper-journal bearing with side flanges, ,said retainer comprising a treugh-shaped elongatedcontainer having packing therein and adapted to underlie the-journal and having longitudinal edges'uppermost'to hold the packing, and rigid suspension means for said container underlying and engaging the same and attachable over said flanges.

2. A packing retainer accordingto claim 1, and wires extending along said longitudinal edges and spacedinwardly of-the containerwith angular ends fastenedtosaid container: and holding the packin down in said container.

3. A packing retainer'according to claim 1, and a U-shaped wire member in one end of-said container preventing the packing from Working out of said end.

4. Apacking; retainer according .to claim 2, and a member in one endof the-:containerpreventing saidpacking fromworking-out'of said, end and pivoted .to said wires. and swingable thereon out of said end for access to the-packing; and means locking said member to said containeragainst swinging.

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